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Dustlawyer

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5. Wall Street went out and bought up all of the cheap distressed properties they helped to put in that

Reply to randys1 (Reply #1)

Tue Feb 24, 2015, 03:37 PM

Feb 2015

position with the 08 crash! I spoke to a real estate broker in Florida who told me I could have a commission for finding waterfront hotels and marinas for them to buy. He said they were buying up everything that he could find for them.
Pretty good business model if all you cared about was money!

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Eventually people will simply have to take BACK what has been stolen from them. randys1 Feb 2015 #1

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Wall Street went out and bought up all of the cheap distressed properties they helped to put in that Dustlawyer Feb 2015 #5

Don't count on it. Surviving keeps people too busy. Having a place to live causes people freshwest Feb 2015 #10

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My thoughts exactly... StarzGuy Feb 2015 #9

I hear you. And the ripple effect will savage many others in jobs and housing. freshwest Feb 2015 #13

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When was it that TPTB stopped preaching... ReRe Feb 2015 #11

According to plan. silverweb Feb 2015 #12

A good friend of mine likes to say LiberalElite Feb 2015 #15

He is wrong, right now I am making more money then my landlord happyslug Feb 2015 #16

That's bullshit n/t PasadenaTrudy Feb 2015 #17

It's her opinion as a result of being a renter LiberalElite Feb 2015 #18